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Pft terrarium kit

jimscott

Tropical Fish Enthusiast
A friend was asking me about this and I don't use a terrarium set up. Here is the link to it:

Terrarium Kit

Whaddya think of it?
 
I don't use it. I buiild all my grow chambers/terrariums.

My comments on it:

Its way to small.
 
I have to be upfront about this set-up. I would'nt grow anything in it due to the size and no drawage at the bottom of the bow. This is what i think tho.
 
I used to grow a P. primuflora in there and it worked pretty well.  The only problem was when I watered it, all the dew got washed off.
 
I don't know the exact demensions of that kit. But I can tell you this. What I'm about to show you is about 6 inches tall and 7 inches across (maybe a gallon?) I have LFS on the bottom only about 2.5-3 inches deep. This season when i divided my common vfts i put the "extra" parts in this tray. And this is what I ended up with... none of the traps currently extend taller than the "pot" Maybe this will help decide if one of these would be cool to grow something in....
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Andrew
 
Yay! I bought one of those during the bare root VFT sale and it's worked wonderfully for me! I think it's a 1.5 gallon one. I got another one earlier from another site as a birthday present, and let me tell you, the ones from PFT are WAY nicer- even people with banana hands like mine can work with them.
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In conclusion, I highly recommend this if your friend needs just a small terrarium, it's durable (my other plastic one is cracking), and the opening up top is a quite reasonable size.
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Hey Andrew, were those flyraps grown outside or inside?
 
This "pot" is outside in my green house
 
What would be nice to be able to buy from PFT is a terrarium like they make in Germany, with a ventilation slot situated near the bottom to encourage convective cooling while maintaining good humidity. That's the only thing you can't get from a small fish tank, and would be very useful for growing things like highland neps and cephalotus and such.
 
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